![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: August 31, 1931 in Mineola, TX Death: January 17, 2004 in Palm Springs, CA Biography:Formerly a schoolteacher, Texas-born "Noble Willingham" has been essaying crusty character roles since 1969. Willingham's resumé includes a brace of location-filmed "Peter Bogdanovich" films, "The Last Picture Show" (1971) and "Paper Moon" (1973), and the role of Clay Stone in both of "Billy Crystal"'s "City Slickers" comedies. Among his TV-movie credits is the part of President James Knox Polk in 1985's "Dream West." A regular on several TV series ("The Ann Jillian Show", "Texas Wheelers", "Cutter to Houston", AfterMASH, "When the Whistle Blows"), Willingham is best known to 1990s viewers as Mr. Binford (of Binford Tools) in "Home Improvement" and C. D. Parker in "Walker, Texas Ranger". Noble Willingham's most recent film assignments include "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective" (1994) "Up Close and Personal" (1996) and "Space Jam" (1996).
In 2000, Willingham left "Walker, Texas Ranger" to run for... Full Biography
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